Diocese of Chosica, Peru 🇵🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chosica / Chosican(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lima

Neighbouring Dioceses: Lima (↙), Carabayllo (←), Huacho (↑), Yauyos (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Martín de Porres (November 5)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 3

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1996.12.14: Established as Diocese of Chosica / Chosican(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima and became suffragan of Lima)
2001.07.06: Gained territory from Territorial Prelature of Yauyos

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.12.27 – ...):

Bishop Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C. (58)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chosica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C. (58)
(2023.12.27 – ...)

Bishop of Chosica (Peru)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Born:	1968.01.14 (Casma, Ancash, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1997.02.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.07.10

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru) (2015.05.11 – 2023.12.27)

Bishop of Chosica (Peru) (2023.12.27 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2025.01.22 – ...)

Bishop Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. (79)
(1997.01.11 – 2023.12.27)

Bishop emeritus of Chosica (Peru)

Fides per caritatem

Born:	1946.08.14 (Riesenbeck, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.01.06

Titular Bishop of Cerveteri (1992.12.19 – 1997.01.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1992.12.19 – 1997.01.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Chosica (Peru) (1996.12.14 – 1997.01.11)

Bishop of Chosica (Peru) (1997.01.11 – 2023.12.27)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2017.01.18 – 2023.01.18)

Bishop Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. (79)
(Apostolic Administrator 1996.12.14 – 1997.01.11)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C. (79) (2015.10.13 – 2023.12.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Andrés de Huaycán, Huaycan, Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (39)

Lima (↙), Carabayllo (←), Huacho (↑), Yauyos (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,418 km²

Population: 1,914,000 Catholics (85.3% of 2,244,960 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 122 priests (54 diocesan, 68 religious), 484 religious (136 brothers, 348 sisters), 17 seminarians